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Hebei serious tuberculosis epidemic in young adults into the largest incidence of crowd
March 23, 2012 19:54 News Microblogging
BEIJING, Shijiazhuang, March 23 (cattle Lin Shen Lingmin), Hebei Province, disease prevention and control center 23 disclosed that the province's serious tuberculosis epidemic, 30 million people infected with TB in more than 20 million active tuberculosis patients, the Green the prime of life into the largest incidence of the crowd.
Zhang Lian-ying, director of the Hebei Province Center for Disease Control TB control, the media briefing, said, "three high and one low": a high prevalence of TB epidemic in Hebei Province, the infection rate, rural epidemic, descending low. The province more than 20 million active tuberculosis, infectious tuberculosis patients in more than 70,000 people; the whole age group of TB infection rate was 45%,
30 million people have been infected with TB; active tuberculosis prevalence in the rural twice as high than in the cities; 1990 to 2000 the prevalence rate of active tuberculosis in descending rate was 5.7%.
Zhang Lian-ying said that in 2011, Hebei Province, 157 tuberculosis patients of tuberculosis control program out-patient registration activity of 36,913 cases, 20,796 cases of infectious patients. Direct reporting of infectious diseases network, the number of TB report is always among the Class A and B infectious diseases reported to the forefront of the number of onset. At the same time, also face increased cases of drug-resistant TB, TB patients in the floating population and more difficult to manage and AIDS / TB dual infection and other issues.
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Hebei serious tuberculosis epidemic in young adults into the largest incidence of crowd
March 23, 2012 19:54 News Microblogging
BEIJING, Shijiazhuang, March 23 (cattle Lin Shen Lingmin), Hebei Province, disease prevention and control center 23 disclosed that the province's serious tuberculosis epidemic, 30 million people infected with TB in more than 20 million active tuberculosis patients, the Green the prime of life into the largest incidence of the crowd.
Zhang Lian-ying, director of the Hebei Province Center for Disease Control TB control, the media briefing, said, "three high and one low": a high prevalence of TB epidemic in Hebei Province, the infection rate, rural epidemic, descending low. The province more than 20 million active tuberculosis, infectious tuberculosis patients in more than 70,000 people; the whole age group of TB infection rate was 45%,
30 million people have been infected with TB; active tuberculosis prevalence in the rural twice as high than in the cities; 1990 to 2000 the prevalence rate of active tuberculosis in descending rate was 5.7%.
Zhang Lian-ying said that in 2011, Hebei Province, 157 tuberculosis patients of tuberculosis control program out-patient registration activity of 36,913 cases, 20,796 cases of infectious patients. Direct reporting of infectious diseases network, the number of TB report is always among the Class A and B infectious diseases reported to the forefront of the number of onset. At the same time, also face increased cases of drug-resistant TB, TB patients in the floating population and more difficult to manage and AIDS / TB dual infection and other issues.
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